Social activist and the Intercept columnist Shaun King is being widely slammed for pushing a story about a state trooper sexually assaulting a woman that has been discredited when police body camera footage did not corroborate the story. The controversial King has backtracked and deleted damaging social media posts in which he said the trooper committed "rape" – but it’s too late for many critics.

http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment...ulted-her.html
]]>News and Current EventsKylehttp://forums.somd.com/threads/329864-One-of-Sappy-Tranny-heros!Corrupt FBIhttp://forums.somd.com/threads/329863-Corrupt-FBI?goto=newpost
Thu, 24 May 2018 17:39:46 GMTThose guidelines, many of which the Government Accountability Office found were not being followed as recently as 2015, were put in place after rogue FBI agents working in the Boston field office routinely worked to cover up murders committed by their informants. You might say they were the direct...Those guidelines, many of which the Government Accountability Office found were not being followed as recently as 2015, were put in place after rogue FBI agents working in the Boston field office routinely worked to cover up murders committed by their informants. You might say they were the direct result of justifiable attacks on the FBI for unconscionable violations of the public trust.

In fact, years-long violations of the rules about the FBI’s use of secret spies have led to massive investigations across every branch of government, including a multi-volume, 3,528-page congressional investigative report in 2003, a scathing 314-page report from the Department of Justice (DOJ) inspector general in 2005, and even a scathing 228-page, $102 million ruling against the government in 2007 after a federal judge ruled that the FBI deliberately withheld evidence, leading to the wrongful convictions of four men, in order to protect a mob informant. (Three of the men were originally sentenced to death; two died in prison awaiting justice for a crime they didn’t commit.)

The 2007 ruling from U.S. District Court Judge Gertner, which the federal government chose not to appeal, reads more like a John Grisham novel than it does a legal dictum. In her introduction, Gertner made clear that the horrific miscarriage of justice perpetrated under the guise of the FBI’s confidential spy program wasn’t the result of innocent missteps by a few bad apples, but was instead a coordinated conspiracy involving the rogue agents, their supervisors, and even the FBI director himself.

The FBI Used Its Secret Spy Program To Protect Killers, Jail Innocents, And Screw Victims
]]>News and Current EventsGURPShttp://forums.somd.com/threads/329863-Corrupt-FBII’m A Democrat, And The Left’s Russia Gaslighting Scares Me More Than Trump Doeshttp://forums.somd.com/threads/329862-I’m-A-Democrat-And-The-Left’s-Russia-Gaslighting-Scares-Me-More-Than-Trump-Does?goto=newpost
Thu, 24 May 2018 17:30:20 GMTYes, Trump is intemperate, narcissistic, and the most unconventional president ever. But it appears that his opponents in our political and media establishments are far worse: they wanted to subvert democracy to save it from Trump; they wanted to thwart the will of Trump’s 63 million voters and not just undermine his presidency, but to concoct an investigation to impeach him and get him out of office.

Looked at this way, it appears that Trump’s election is vindicated for many reasons: There appears to be a deep state in this country comprising both Republicans and Democrats, which will not abide an outsider president.

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Further, many of my Democratic friends are in the dark about many of the smaller events and facts surrounding the Mueller investigation. They don’t know, for instance, that a federal judge, T. S. Ellis, rebuked Mueller for trying to target Trump. They don’t know that one of the Russian companies Mueller indicted for tampering in the 2016 election, Concord Catering, didn’t exist at the time of the election, and that when they showed up in court to contest the charges, Mueller was unprepared to proceed with the case.

This isn’t entirely ordinary Democrats’ fault, but that of the legacy media outlets they rely on for their news and analysis, which have let their audiences down completely. These media outlets (CNN, ABC, NBC, The New York Times, etc.) have devoted little or no time to many of the stories that “help” Trump or fail to advance the Russia collusion narrative. For instance, ABC, CBS, and NBC together spent a total of just 153 seconds covering Ellis’s rebuke of Mueller.

http://thefederalist.com/2018/05/24/...-scares-trump/
]]>GURPShttp://forums.somd.com/threads/329862-I’m-A-Democrat-And-The-Left’s-Russia-Gaslighting-Scares-Me-More-Than-Trump-DoesTeen to Pelosi On Armed Guards: Your Building Is Securehttp://forums.somd.com/threads/329861-Teen-to-Pelosi-On-Armed-Guards-Your-Building-Is-Secure?goto=newpost
Thu, 24 May 2018 17:21:56 GMT"Where does the government stand on arming and training our teachers, much in the way we use air marshals on airplanes?" asked Santa Fe senior Alexis Wilson.

Pelosi offered sympathies to Wilson over the shooting but concluded that she and her Democrat colleagues "do not think that is the solution."

"Following a tragedy like this all we want to do is pray for the families, but I do not support arming teachers and the rest," Pelosi stated.

Cuomo, moderating the town hall event, pressed Pelosi about her seeming hypocrisy on the issue.

"There’s a little bit of an either-or problem with how we’re trying to approach solutions. ... The building we’re in now, the building you work in, the point of entry there is secure," he said. "You don’t walk in with a trench coat with a shotgun underneath your jacket, and get in. It doesn’t happen, you know this."

The CNN cameras panned to Wilson in the audience, who was clapping to show support for Cuomo's pushback.

WATCH: Santa Fe Survivor, CNN Challenge Nancy Pelosi On Armed Guards: Your Building Is Secure
]]>News and Current EventsGURPShttp://forums.somd.com/threads/329861-Teen-to-Pelosi-On-Armed-Guards-Your-Building-Is-SecureMore absurd laws from liberalshttp://forums.somd.com/threads/329860-More-absurd-laws-from-liberals?goto=newpost
Thu, 24 May 2018 17:07:17 GMTAnd the left wonders why the coasts are so detached politically from the heartland. How about helping out our own citizens first.
Of course this is supported 100% by democrats. Epic fail.
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Today, *Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-40)* and *Senator Tina Smith (D-MN)*...And the left wonders why the coasts are so detached politically from the heartland. How about helping out our own citizens first.

Of course this is supported 100% by democrats. Epic fail.

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Today, Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-40) and Senator Tina Smith (D-MN) introduced legislation that would protect the safety and well-being of minor children who have been left alone and vulnerable after their parents have been arrested or detained by U.S. immigration authorities.

The two lawmakers said their Humane Enforcement and Legal Protections (HELP) for Separated Children Act is necessary because in the past children have been abandoned at home or at school after their parents’ detention, often without information about their parents’ location and without adequate arrangements for their care.

8 Women accuse Morgan Freeman of Inappropriate Behavior
]]>News and Current EventsGrumpyhttp://forums.somd.com/threads/329859-Morgan-Freeman-Come-on-downDynamic Duoshttp://forums.somd.com/threads/329858-Dynamic-Duos?goto=newpost
Thu, 24 May 2018 16:12:51 GMTChoose the two actors that make up the given TV duo. NOTE: if the title is two names, the actors must be chosen in order. Example: If given Starsky & Hutch, click Starsky first, then Hutch.

I got 46 correct.

]]>Entertainmentvraiblondehttp://forums.somd.com/threads/329858-Dynamic-DuosNeed to get my car repaintedhttp://forums.somd.com/threads/329857-Need-to-get-my-car-repainted?goto=newpost
Thu, 24 May 2018 15:54:55 GMTStarting to look like white trash. I toyed with the idea of getting a new car, but I love my old faithful one and it's set up perfect for my needs.

What's the general cost to paint a 2006 Rav4? Just a ballpark. And about how long should I expect it to take? The front of the hood has some tree sap damage, and there are a few minor dents going on around the body, plus the back bumper dent where I backed into RoseRed's tree one dark night. :jet: It's really not bad and normally I wouldn't worry about fixing those except I know paint guys like a perfect finish, so might as well get 'er done.

I'll most likely take it to PJ when we're back that way in September - they've done work for me before and I can't say enough good things about them.
]]>The Ridevraiblondehttp://forums.somd.com/threads/329857-Need-to-get-my-car-repaintedThe Chevron Shakedown has now failed in Canada as wellhttp://forums.somd.com/threads/329856-The-Chevron-Shakedown-has-now-failed-in-Canada-as-well?goto=newpost
Thu, 24 May 2018 15:30:21 GMTIt’s now been more than a year since the Chevron Shakedown came to a rather ignominious end in a New York federal court for attorney Steven Donziger and his Ecuadorean co-conspirators. (If this is the first you’re hearing of this story, you can browse our years-long coverage of it here.) Having...It’s now been more than a year since the Chevron Shakedown came to a rather ignominious end in a New York federal court for attorney Steven Donziger and his Ecuadorean co-conspirators. (If this is the first you’re hearing of this story, you can browse our years-long coverage of it here.) Having ghostwritten a bogus judgment in Ecuador against the energy company for a $19B payday, Donziger not only came out on the losing end of a RICO trial but was ordered to pay nearly a million dollars in court costs. That didn’t mean that the aspiring fraudsters were giving up entirely, though.

Having been thoroughly defeated in the court battles in the United States, Donziger and company took their fight to Canada. They hoped to be able to convince a Canadian court to enforce the fraudulent Ecuadorean judgment against Chevron’s subsidiary in the Great White North, despite the fact that Chevron Canada Limited has no ties to the original project in Ecuador. After losing in the first round up there as well, the Ontario Court of Appeal rejected the claim this week, refusing to enable the ongoing fraud. (Globe and Mail)

The Ontario Court of Appeal has upheld a lower Canadian court’s determination that an Ecuadorian judgment against Chevron Corporation, already found by U.S. courts to have been obtained through fraud and corruption, cannot be enforced against Chevron Canada Limited, an indirect subsidiary. The Court of Appeal affirmed the judgment dismissing all claims against Chevron Canada Limited holding that it is a separate entity from Chevron Corporation and its assets are protected from seizure by those seeking to enforce the corrupt Ecuadorian judgment. The court rejected the Ecuadorian plaintiffs’ arguments as contrary to fundamental principles of Canadian corporate law.

The Court of Appeal stated: “What is really driving the appellants’ appearance in our courts is their inability to enforce their judgment in the United States,” where it is has already been found to be the product of “a massive fraud” that involved both corruption and coercion of judges. The Court of Appeal continued: “What we are really being invited to do is to assist the appellants in doing an end-run around the United States court order by breaking with well-established jurisprudence and creating an exception to the principle of corporate separateness.”

https://hotair.com/archives/2018/05/...d-canada-well/
]]>News and Current EventsGURPShttp://forums.somd.com/threads/329856-The-Chevron-Shakedown-has-now-failed-in-Canada-as-wellhttp://forums.somd.com/threads/329855-In-case-you-still-don-t-get-it?goto=newpost
Thu, 24 May 2018 15:24:44 GMTHere is another perfect example of Trump's infantile negotiating "skills":

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday rejected a push by moderate congressional Republicans for a “Dreamer” immigration deal, saying he would only back sweeping immigration legislation that met all of his demands, including a U.S-Mexico border wall.

The 3 year old can't get his way so he is taking his marbles and going home.

Trump's Presidency will continue to be a complete CF until he realizes that the world was not created to serve him. The people who will determine whether his Presidency is a success are the ones sitting on the other side of the table. He has to actually work with other people to accomplish anything of lasting value. Playing the buffoon to a minority of Americans (his base) will only ensure a mediocre or failed Presidency.

But Trump doesn't understand this...even with a majority in both houses...he just doesn't understand the basic premise of governing.
]]>transporterhttp://forums.somd.com/threads/329855-In-case-you-still-don-t-get-itLocal Navy Contract Awardshttp://forums.somd.com/threads/329854-Local-Navy-Contract-Awards?goto=newpost
Thu, 24 May 2018 15:20:05 GMTThis just in from the somd.com Headline News:
*Title:* Local Navy Contract Awards
*Date:* 05-24-2018 11:13 AM
*Summary:* Data for May 17 through May 23, 2018.
Click here for the full story... (https://somd.com/news/headlines/2018/22859.php)This just in from the somd.com Headline News:

Title: Local Navy Contract Awards

Date: 05-24-2018 11:13 AM

Summary: Data for May 17 through May 23, 2018.

Click here for the full story...
]]>News and Current EventsnewsBothttp://forums.somd.com/threads/329854-Local-Navy-Contract-Awardshttp://forums.somd.com/threads/329853-Gee-who-didn-t-see-this-coming-Trump-cancles-summit?goto=newpost
Thu, 24 May 2018 15:17:03 GMT---Quote---
Trump said in a letter to the North Korean leader: “Sadly, based on the tremendous anger and open hostility displayed in your most recent statement, I feel it would be inappropriate, at this time, to have this long- planned meeting.”
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Trump said in a letter to the North Korean leader: “Sadly, based on the tremendous anger and open hostility displayed in your most recent statement, I feel it would be inappropriate, at this time, to have this long- planned meeting.”

What a buffoon. Trump already gave away everything when he agreed to the meeting. He legitimized a dictator that no other world leader would recognize.

So for all the ignorati who can't understand why the rest of the world (specifically CHINA!) is laughing at us...here let me explain the GREAT AND WONDEROUS negotiating skills of one Donald Trump:

1. Make demands no one would agree to.

2. When your opponent refuses to submit to the demands he does one of two things:

a. Take anything (no matter how small--like a 25,000 increase in exports of cars to South Korea) the other side offers and claim victory

b. Cancel, call off or ignore the negotiations and blame the other side. (this applies the "Russer" investigation as well)

That is it...that is all he has. Trump is as transparent as a window frame with no glass. Everyone (except the 35% of Americans who blindly follow this carnival barker) sees right thru him.

After almost a year and a half in office, this man is still to stupid to realize the folks on the other side of the table are better at this than he is.
]]>transporterhttp://forums.somd.com/threads/329853-Gee-who-didn-t-see-this-coming-Trump-cancles-summitWestlake High School in the newshttp://forums.somd.com/threads/329852-Westlake-High-School-in-the-news?goto=newpost
Thu, 24 May 2018 13:52:59 GMThttp://www.fox5dc.com/news/local-new...ing-field-trip

A group of Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps (JROTC) students in Charles County are in hot water after they reportedly got drunk and high on an out-of-state field trip. Some of the chaperones also took part in happy hour at the hotel bar, school officials said.

Tailhook, Jr.

Perhaps someone needed to explain what a chaperone actually does.
]]>News and Current Eventsvraiblondehttp://forums.somd.com/threads/329852-Westlake-High-School-in-the-newsISO Recommendations: Deck Builders recommendations in Calvert Countyhttp://forums.somd.com/threads/329851-Deck-Builders-recommendations-in-Calvert-County?goto=newpost
Thu, 24 May 2018 13:49:10 GMTI have a house in Calvert, I'm looking at a big deck (20 x 50). Curious if anyone is local in the area, if they know someone. I'm not looking for some big company. I'm looking at a traditional PT deck with one set of steps. Fully square, no levels or crazy stuff..

Most likely all wood with one set of steps. I'm also curious if this would be possible, but if the person does only PART of the job which I will pay for. Mainly attachment of the ledger board, setting all the post and building the frame for which I will install the joist, decking, post etc...

If the price difference is not all that much, then I can let the guy do the entire thing.
]]>Life in Southern Marylandsteppinthraxhttp://forums.somd.com/threads/329851-Deck-Builders-recommendations-in-Calvert-County2 Samuel 6 Spoiled Brathttp://forums.somd.com/threads/329850-2-Samuel-6-Spoiled-Brat?goto=newpost
Thu, 24 May 2018 13:48:22 GMT*2 Samuel 6:20 When David returned home to bless his household, Michal daughter of Saul came out to meet him and said, “How the king of Israel has distinguished himself today, going around half-naked in full view of the slave girls of his servants as any vulgar fellow would!”
21 David said to...

2 Samuel 6:20 When David returned home to bless his household, Michal daughter of Saul came out to meet him and said, “How the king of Israel has distinguished himself today, going around half-naked in full view of the slave girls of his servants as any vulgar fellow would!”

21 David said to Michal, “It was before the Lord, who chose me rather than your father or anyone from his house when he appointed me ruler over the Lord’s people Israel—I will celebrate before the Lord. 22 I will become even more undignified than this, and I will be humiliated in my own eyes. But by these slave girls you spoke of, I will be held in honor.”

23 And Michal daughter of Saul had no children to the day of her death.

I know... I said it was for tomorrow. I don't want anyone sitting and strumming their fingers waiting on me.

Uncovering himself today: Michal seems to indicated that she didn't object to David's dancing, but to what David wore when he set aside his royal robes and danced as a man just like the other men celebrating in the procession. David acted as if he were just another worshipper in Israel.

It was before the LORD: David didn't let Michal's sarcastic criticism ruin his day. He simply explained the truth: "I did it for God, not for you."

Therefore Michal the daughter of Saul had no children to the day of her death: Michal's barrenness was not necessarily the result of Divine judgment. It may be that David never had marital relations with her again. Nevertheless, the principle stands: there is often barrenness in the life and ministry of the overly critical.

Remember, Saul was from a good family. When the Israelis wanted a king like everyone else had... God picked Saul... because he looked good and came from a good family... after all... that's what they wanted... a token... right? So Saul's daughter wouldn't act like a shepherd girl... she's a rich girl raised in the best of homes... she has airs to maintain.... she can't have her husband running around acting like a fool.... she's the king's daughter and the king's wife. She has airs to maintain.

One more little note.... Saul gave Micah to someone else after David had earned her hand in marriage. When the Israelis came to him and asked him to be king... he demanded Micah's return. She may have liked her husband... it isn't mentioned.... maybe she's still upset because David isn't interested in how she was getting along in her marriage.... maybe she feels treated like a possession rather than the kings wife.

:coffee:
]]>Religionseekeroftruthhttp://forums.somd.com/threads/329850-2-Samuel-6-Spoiled-BratPublic Event: Forrest Center Seeking Golfers and Sponsors for 5th Annual Golf Tournamenthttp://forums.somd.com/threads/329849-Forrest-Center-Seeking-Golfers-and-Sponsors-for-5th-Annual-Golf-Tournament?goto=newpost
Thu, 24 May 2018 13:19:26 GMTThe Forrest Career & Technology Center is seeking golfers to participate in its 5th Annual Golf Tournament on Friday, June 15, 2018 at the Cedar Point Golf Course on the Patuxent River Naval Air Station. The goal of the golf tournament is to help defray costs of student participation in SkillsUSA competitions.

Registration for each golfer is $75, which covers green fees, cart, on-course refreshments and lunch. A donation to SkillsUSA is also included in the fee. Space for the tournament is limited and reservations will be taken on a first come, first served basis.

The school is also seeking tournament sponsors at Red, Bronze, Silver and Gold levels. All sponsors will receive post-event publicity, have their names prominently displayed at the golf tournament and receive “Level” benefits. Gold sponsorship is a $1,500 donation and includes a tournament foursome, 8 mulligans and hole sponsorship/signage. Silver sponsorship is a $1,000 donation and includes a tournament twosome, 4 mulligans and hole sponsorship/signage. Bronze sponsorship is a $500 donation and includes hole sponsorship/signage. Red sponsorship is a $250 donation and includes signage.

The SkillsUSA Championships is the showcase for the best career and technical students in the nation. Your contributions to the Forrest Center’s Golf Tournament will help ensure deserving St. Mary’s County High School students are eligible to compete.

To reserve a spot (foursome or individual), you need to e-mail your name and telephone number to Mary Thompson at mkthompson@smcps.org or Bonnie Skinner at bjskinner@smcps.org. If you’d like information about becoming a tournament sponsor, call Ms. Thompson at 301-475-0242, x28220 or Ms. Skinner at 301-475-0242, x28201.

Please note: This event may be photographed, recorded and presented on SMCPS Channel 96, the school system’s educational cable channel, and the internet.

]]>Public Service AnnouncementsFCTCNewshttp://forums.somd.com/threads/329849-Forrest-Center-Seeking-Golfers-and-Sponsors-for-5th-Annual-Golf-TournamentWhat Was That Whining And Keening About Pruit - McCabe spent 70k on a Tablehttp://forums.somd.com/threads/329848-What-Was-That-Whining-And-Keening-About-Pruit-McCabe-spent-70k-on-a-Table?goto=newpost
Thu, 24 May 2018 12:40:42 GMTFormer FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe, who was fired for lying under oath, spent $70,000 in taxpayer dollars on a conference table. The FBI also redacted the conference table’s steep price tag from documents that members of the Senate Judiciary Committee requested, in an apparent attempt to hide...Former FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe, who was fired for lying under oath, spent $70,000 in taxpayer dollars on a conference table. The FBI also redacted the conference table’s steep price tag from documents that members of the Senate Judiciary Committee requested, in an apparent attempt to hide it from Congress.

In a letter sent to Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein Wednesday, Sen. Chuck Grassley revealed that the FBI had redacted the cost of the table from a document he and his fellow members of the committee requested to see. Grassley said many of the redactions within the documents made no sense, nor were they made to protect national security secrets.

“Congress, and the public, have a right to know how the Department spends taxpayer money,” Grassley wrote. “I am unaware of any legitimate basis on which the cost of a conference table should be redacted. Embarrassment is not a good enough reason. The manner in which some redactions have been used casts doubt on whether the remaining redactions are necessary and defensible.”

Andrew McCabe Spent $70,000 On A Table. The FBI Hid It From Congress
]]>News and Current EventsGURPShttp://forums.somd.com/threads/329848-What-Was-That-Whining-And-Keening-About-Pruit-McCabe-spent-70k-on-a-TableLeftist NEA Poised To Lose 300,000 Membershttp://forums.somd.com/threads/329847-Leftist-NEA-Poised-To-Lose-300-000-Members?goto=newpost
Thu, 24 May 2018 11:55:17 GMTAnticipating a SCOTUS decision going against it in the case Janus v. AFSCME, which challenges the right of government unions to charge non-members for representing them, the National Education Association (NEA), which embraces a host of leftist positions, is poised to cut its budget by $50 million....Anticipating a SCOTUS decision going against it in the case Janus v. AFSCME, which challenges the right of government unions to charge non-members for representing them, the National Education Association (NEA), which embraces a host of leftist positions, is poised to cut its budget by $50 million. In addition, NEA’s budget committee believes it will lose 307,000 members over the next two years because if SCOTUS rules against it, the fees in 22 states derived from workers who don’t become union members but are covered by union agreements will be eliminated.

In 1977, in Abood v. Detroit Board of Education, SCOTUS stated that opponents of unions didn’t have to pay the purely political part of union dues, but had to pay the “fair share” portion. But Janus and others supporting his position aver that the kind of issues public employee unions negotiate are inherently political.

aww ... so sad, too, bad
]]>News and Current EventsGURPShttp://forums.somd.com/threads/329847-Leftist-NEA-Poised-To-Lose-300-000-MembersAmazon demonetizes conservative websitehttp://forums.somd.com/threads/329846-Amazon-demonetizes-conservative-website?goto=newpost
Thu, 24 May 2018 11:43:48 GMTFor as long as I can remember, Legal Insurrection has participated in Amazon Associates, a way for websites to earn fees when readers shop at Amazon.com via links from our website.
It was an important source of revenue to us, and paid for some of the operating expenses readers never see.
On...For as long as I can remember, Legal Insurrection has participated in Amazon Associates, a way for websites to earn fees when readers shop at Amazon.com via links from our website.

It was an important source of revenue to us, and paid for some of the operating expenses readers never see.

On Saturday morning, April 28, 2018, I woke up to an email in my inbox from Amazon Associates telling me our participation in the program was terminated, our account closed, that the decision was final and there was no appeal. On top of that, Amazon was holding back any accumulated money it owed us.

There was no prior indication of a problem, or chance to cure. It’s always been our intent to comply with the program requirements. I detail what happened, including all the email communications, below.

In isolation, it’s just a website cut off from a source of revenue by an internet behemoth because the internet behemoth could. But if there was an anti-conservative ideological angle to it, either at inception or during the review process, it would be consistent with what is happening at high tech companies more generally. The problems Prager U and others have had with video restrictions and demonetization at YouTube, the exposure of Twitter shadow-banning, and the intolerance revealed at Google are just a few of the examples of an anti-conservative bias among internet giants.

We have not been immune to such problems, YouTube removes influential conservative website’s channel.

Amazon does not perform the same gatekeeper role as other internet giants, but it is not just a shopping site. Its cloud computing service plays an increasingly important role in access to information, potentially including such giants such as the Department of Defense.

2 Samuel 6:8 Then David was angry because the Lord’s wrath had broken out against Uzzah, and to this day that place is called Perez Uzzah.[e]

9 David was afraid of the Lord that day and said, “How can the ark of the Lord ever come to me?” 10 He was not willing to take the ark of the Lord to be with him in the City of David. Instead, he took it to the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite. 11 The ark of the Lord remained in the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite for three months, and the Lord blessed him and his entire household.

12 Now King David was told, “The Lord has blessed the household of Obed-Edom and everything he has, because of the ark of God.” So David went to bring up the ark of God from the house of Obed-Edom to the City of David with rejoicing. 13 When those who were carrying the ark of the Lord had taken six steps, he sacrificed a bull and a fattened calf. 14 Wearing a linen ephod, David was dancing before the Lord with all his might, 15 while he and all Israel were bringing up the ark of the Lord with shouts and the sound of trumpets.

16 As the ark of the Lord was entering the City of David, Michal daughter of Saul watched from a window. And when she saw King David leaping and dancing before the Lord, she despised him in her heart.

17 They brought the ark of the Lord and set it in its place inside the tent that David had pitched for it, and David sacrificed burnt offerings and fellowship offerings before the Lord. 18 After he had finished sacrificing the burnt offerings and fellowship offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the Lord Almighty. 19 Then he gave a loaf of bread, a cake of dates and a cake of raisins to each person in the whole crowd of Israelites, both men and women. And all the people went to their homes.

e. 2 Samuel 6:8 Perez Uzzah means outbreak against Uzzah.

IMHO....Right off the bat this morning... there is drama. David is angry. He was frustrated with it after Azzuh was killed for just trying to help get it to Jerusalem.

David took it aside into the house of Obed-Edom: David did this in fulfillment of God's word. Obed-Edom was a Levite of the family of Koath (1 Chronicles 26:4). This was the family within the tribe of Levi that God commanded to transport and take care of the ark (Numbers 4:15).

And the LORD blessed Obed-Edom and all his household: When God's Word was obeyed and His holiness was respected blessing followed. God wanted the ark to be a blessing for Israel, not a curse. We might say that the curse didn't come from God's heart but from man's disobedience.

Check out the celebration....

David was wearing a linen ephod: It is a mistake to think that David was immodest. 1 Chronicles 15:27 indicates that David was dressed just like all the other priests and Levites in this procession.

From our knowledge of ancient and modern culture we can surmise that David's dance wasn't a solo performance. He probably danced with simple rhythmic steps together with other men in the way one might see Orthodox Jewish men today dance. In this context, David's linen ephod means he set aside his royal robes and dressed just like everyone else in the procession.

We might also point out that David's dancing was appropriate in the context. This was a parade with a marching band, a grand procession. David's dancing fit right in. If David did this as the nation gathered on the Day of Atonement it would be out of context and wrong.

David now was assured that the nearness of the ark was a blessing, but that it must be brought to Jerusalem in accordance with God's directions. And so David assembled the Israelites and commissioned the sons of Kohath to carry it, instructing them carefully about the way they were to carry out their duty. The author informs us that after the ark was carried six steps, a sacrifice was offered. Those first six steps were no doubt the most tense steps of the entire journey. After the death of Uzzah, those nearest to the ark (the Kohathites) were surely nervous about being so close to this sacred box, indeed, to the presence of God Himself. As the journey continued, men's courage and joy must have increased. Soon there was great celebration as they made their way to the holy city.

I am so thrilled for King David. He has God's box in Jerusalem where it belongs. According to GodVine it was quite a dance.

And David danced before the Lord - Dancing is a religious ceremony among the Hindoos, and they consider it an act of devotion to their idols. It is evident that David considered it in the same light. What connection dancing can have with devotion I cannot tell. This I know, that unpremeditated and involuntary skipping may be the effect of sudden mental elation.

Danced - The Hebrew word is found only here and in 2 Samuel 6:16. It means "to dance in a circle," hence, simply to dance. The parallel passage in 1 Chronicles 15:27 gives a widely different sense.

Yes... I do see Michal getting ready to stomp her foot... but that's for tomorrow.... we've got enough drama going with the Ark coming home, the sacrifices and the dancing... it's a good day for King David... let's not let Saul's daughter spoil it.... right?